Pharaohs
the pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Narmer?
the people who went to school in ancient Egypt to learn how to read and write.
What are scribes?
a mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that helped crops to grow in Egypt.
What is silt?
True or False: Egyptian artists often painted painted historical scenes in black and white.
What is false?
a female pharaoh who ruled during the New Kingdom and increased trade in Egypt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
a system of writing that was made up of about 600 picture-signs.
What is Hieroglyphics?
The group that helped to construct the pyramids during the Old Kingdom.
What are the peasants?
the section of the Nile River that empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile Delta?
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which was used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
a pharaoh who ruled from about the age of 9 to 19. His tomb remained untouched until 1922 when it was discovered.
Who is Tutankhamun?
religion that practices belief in many different gods and goddesses
What is polytheism?
The group that has the most people in it on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are enslaved people?
the southern half of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
the two crowns that were combined into the double-crown after Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt were unified
What are the red crown and white crown?
the pharaoh who ordered the building of the Great Pyramid.
Who is Khufu?
the act of preserving of a human body to ensure the person's soul could live on in the afterlife.
What is embalming or mummification?
the group with the least amount of people on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Who are the pharaohs?
the salty body of water the lies east of ancient Egypt.
What is the Red Sea?
the sun god of ancient Egypt
Who is Re or Amon?
a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head that often guarded the entrance to Egyptian temples
What is a sphinx?
the people who would travel far to gather goods to sell back in Egypt
What are traders?
the type of stone used to cover the outside of the pyramids after they were built